Prof. Lawrence Chung ( chung@utdallas.edu ) is in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has been working in System/Requirements Engineering and System/Software Architecture. He was the principal author of the research monograph “Non-Functional Requirements in Software Engineering", and has been involved in developing “ RE-Tools ” (a multi-notational tool for RE) with Dr. Sam Supakkul, “ HOPE ” (a smartphone application for people with... [More]

A leading analyst and Systems Engineering expert, David Norfolk of Bloor Research recently published a white paper titled Reducing the risk of development failure with cost-effective capture and management of requirements. In this report, David dwells into the relevance of requirements management as a discipline and put forth his views on how the domain is changing with the advent of new development paradigms such as agile, mobile and devops. If enterprise architecture helps to bridge the... [More]

Prof. Neil Maiden is Professor of Systems Engineering at City University London. He is and has been a principal and co-investigator on numerous EPSRC- and EU-funded research projects. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in academic journals, conferences and workshops proceedings. He was Program Chair for the 12th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering in Kyoto in 2004, and was Editor of the IEEE Software’s Requirements column from 2005 until earlier... [More]

In this guest blog post, Requirements Engineering Expert, Jeremy Dick continues with his discussion on practical applications of traceability. Read the first two parts here. What’s really going on when you decompose a requirement? What’s really going on when you plan V&V against a requirement? I nspired by recent experience in a large systems engineering project, Part 1 of this blog... [More]

In this guest blog post, Requirements Engineering Expert, Jeremy Dick continues with his discussion on practical applications of traceability. Read the first part here - The practical applications of traceability Part 1: What’s really going on when you decompose a requirement? I nspired by recent experience in a large systems engineering project, Part 1 of this essay covered the practice of... [More]

This year, Innovate - The IBM Technical Summit will be held from June 2 to 6 at Orlando, Florida. As in previous editions, we will be having two tracks dedicated to requirements management at the event. One track would be focusing on requirements definition and management for IT/Application development and the other track will be focusing on Requirements Engineering for Systems and Product development. Each track will have 16 sessions starting with the... [More]

Jeremy Dick works as Principal Analyst for Integrate Systems Engineering Ltd in a consultancy, research and thought leadership capacity. He has extensive experience in implementing practical requirements processes in significant organizations, including tool customization, training and mentoring. At Integrate, he has been developing the concept of Evidence-based Development, an extension of his previous work on “rich traceability”. Prior to this appointment, he worked for 9... [More]